Editing Darrington, Washington (section)

===Climate=== 

Darrington has a general climate similar to most of the Puget Sound lowlands and the Cascades foothills, with dry summers and mild, rainy winters moderated by a marine influence from the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Climate of Washington |url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/narratives/washington/ |publisher=[[Western Regional Climate Center]] |access-date=February 27, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423022715/http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/narratives/washington/ |archive-date=April 23, 2017 }}</ref> Temperatures in Darrington typically differ by approximately {{convert|10|F-change}} from [[Everett, Washington|Everett]] and other coastal cities in the county, with colder winters and warmer summers.<ref name="HazardPlan"/> The majority of the region's [[precipitation]] arrives during the winter and early spring, and Darrington averages 152 days of precipitation annually that totals {{convert|79.35|in|cm}} on average—significantly higher than areas in lowland Snohomish County.<ref name="Times-South72"/><ref name="WRCC">{{cite web |date=April 30, 2016 |title=Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary: Darrington, Washington (451992) |url=https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?wa1992 |publisher=Western Regional Climate Center |access-date=February 28, 2019}}</ref> Darrington also receives significantly more [[snowfall]] than other cities in the county due to being in the mountains, with 10 to 15 days on average and approximately {{convert|39|in|cm|0}} of snowfall annually since 1911.<ref name="HazardPlan"/><ref name="WRCC"/>

July is Darrington's warmest month, with average high temperatures of {{convert|77.5|F|C|lk=on}}, and January is the coolest, at an average high of {{convert|40.8|F|C}}.<ref name="WRCC"/> The highest recorded temperature, {{convert|107|F|C}}, occurred in July 2007, and the lowest, {{convert|-14|F|C}}, in January 1950.<ref name="WRCC"/> According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Darrington has a [[warm-summer Mediterranean climate]] (Csb).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Peel |first1=M. C. |last2=Finlayson |first2=B. L. |last3=McMahon |first3=T. A. |year=2007 |title=Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification |journal=[[Hydrology and Earth System Sciences]] |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |issn=1027-5606 |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=1633–1644 |publisher=[[European Geosciences Union]] |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |url=http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html |access-date=February 28, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210144308/http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html |archive-date=February 10, 2017 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Darrington, Washington
|single line = Y
|collapsed = Y
| Jan record high F = 74
| Feb record high F = 70
| Mar record high F = 82
| Apr record high F = 91
| May record high F = 103
| Jun record high F = 105
| Jul record high F = 107
| Aug record high F = 105
| Sep record high F = 104
| Oct record high F = 94
| Nov record high F = 77
| Dec record high F = 65
| year record high F = 107
| Jan high F = 40.0
| Feb high F = 45.9
| Mar high F = 51.1
| Apr high F = 57.5
| May high F = 65.3
| Jun high F = 70.9
| Jul high F = 78.6
| Aug high F = 78.0
| Sep high F = 71.1
| Oct high F = 59.3
| Nov high F = 46.8
| Dec high F = 39.8
| year high F = 
| Jan low F = 29.2
| Feb low F = 30.6
| Mar low F = 33.8
| Apr low F = 36.9
| May low F = 43.4
| Jun low F = 48.5
| Jul low F = 52.0
| Aug low F = 51.8
| Sep low F = 46.1
| Oct low F = 40.1
| Nov low F = 33.7
| Dec low F = 29.7
| year low F = 
| Jan record low F = -14
| Feb record low F = -11
| Mar record low F = 0
| Apr record low F = 20
| May record low F = 20
| Jun record low F = 31
| Jul record low F = 30
| Aug record low F = 24
| Sep record low F = 24
| Oct record low F = 16
| Nov record low F = -4
| Dec record low F = -10
| year record low F = -14
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 11.84
| Feb precipitation inch = 8.73
| Mar precipitation inch = 8.44
| Apr precipitation inch = 5.16
| May precipitation inch = 3.60
| Jun precipitation inch = 2.83
| Jul precipitation inch = 1.43
| Aug precipitation inch = 1.63
| Sep precipitation inch = 3.62
| Oct precipitation inch = 7.39
| Nov precipitation inch = 11.84
| Dec precipitation inch = 12.85
| year precipitation inch =

| Jan snow inch = 10.7
| Feb snow inch = 7.0
| Mar snow inch = 3.3
| Apr snow inch = 0.3
| May snow inch = 0
| Jun snow inch = 0
| Jul snow inch = 0
| Aug snow inch = 0
| Sep snow inch = 0
| Oct snow inch = 0.1
| Nov snow inch = 2.8
| Dec snow inch = 9.6

| Jan precipitation days = 17
| Feb precipitation days = 14
| Mar precipitation days = 16
| Apr precipitation days = 13
| May precipitation days = 12
| Jun precipitation days = 11
| Jul precipitation days = 6
| Aug precipitation days = 7
| Sep precipitation days = 9
| Oct precipitation days = 13
| Nov precipitation days = 16
| Dec precipitation days = 17

|source 1 = [[Western Regional Climate Center]]<ref name="WRCC"/>
|date=February 2019
}}